§ 720.140. — 720.140. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1364, Sec. 2.)

California § 720.140.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code CCP: Code of Civil Procedure - CCP
• Div.: 4.
• Title: 9.
• Part 2.: DIVISION 4. THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS AND RELATED PROCEDURES
• Ch. 2.: CHAPTER 2. Third-Party Claims of Ownership and Possession

Text

(a)
Not later than five days after the third-party claim is filed with the levying officer, the levying officer shall serve the following personally or by mail on the creditor:
(1)
A copy of the third-party claim.
(2)
A statement whether the third person has filed an undertaking to release the property pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 720.610).
(3)
If the third person has filed an undertaking to release the property, a
notice that the property will be released unless, within the time allowed as specified in the notice, the creditor objects to the undertaking.
(4)
If the third person has not filed an undertaking to release the property, a notice that the property will be released unless, within the time allowed as specified in the notice, the creditor files with the levying officer an undertaking that satisfies the requirements of Section 720.160.
(b)
The time allowed the creditor for objecting to the third person’s undertaking to release the property or for filing an undertaking is 10 days after service under subdivision (a).
(c)
Within the time allowed for service on the creditor under subdivision (a), the levying officer shall serve a copy of the papers specified in subdivision (a) on the debtor. Service shall be made personally
or by mail.
(d)
The levying officer may serve the copy of the third-party claim and the statement and notice pursuant to this section notwithstanding any defect, informality, or insufficiency of the claim.

Legislative History

Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1364, Sec. 2. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 1364.